Contact Lenses and Makeup: How to Do It?

Don’t want to keep wearing only glasses, but you’re worried about contact lenses? Afraid you won’t be able to put them in or apply makeup properly with them? Here are a few tips that will definitely make your everyday makeup routine with contact lenses easier.

Proper hygiene and putting in contact lenses

Before you start handling contact lenses in any way, wash your hands thoroughly with soap, rinse them with water, and dry them. Then you can put in your contact lenses. How? Take the lens out of the saline solution, place it on the back of your hand, dry your index finger, and move the lens onto it. Put the lens in your eye. Close your eye, blink slowly, and you’re done. You can start applying makeup.

Eye makeup and contact lenses

You can do your makeup as usual; you don’t need any special cosmetics. However, make sure your cosmetics aren’t old or past their expiration date. Also follow a few rules:

1. Always put in your lenses first, and only then start applying makeup.

2. Don’t use any cosmetics on the inner edges of your eyelids so the lens doesn’t get contaminated. If you use eyeliner, always apply it only along the outer edge of the eyelid.

3. When removing eye makeup, do it the other way around. First take the contact lenses out of your eyes (so makeup residue doesn’t dirty the lenses) and only then remove your makeup.

More tips for contact lens wearers

Instead of loose powders and eyeshadows, use liquid powders and cream eyeshadows.

Make sure your mascara doesn’t flake. Waterproof mascaras might work well for you. Try them.

If you’re used to using hairspray or other spray cosmetics, use them before you put in your lenses. If that’s not possible, always close your eyes before using the spray.

Don’t be afraid of colored contact lenses, which you can then match with your makeup. Change is life